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1906 Map of Chesterhill

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Chesterhill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Chesterhill stands as a central hilltop community in this early twentieth-century survey of the rugged Appalachian Plateau borderlands between Morgan, Athens, and Washington counties. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Hocking River and the complex drainage of Federal Creek, where coal-rich hollows supported established mining and rail settlements. The Marietta Columbus and Cleveland RR snakes through narrow valleys to serve coal-dependent towns like Lathrop and Sharpsburg, while the Baltimore and Ohio RR follows the more level riverbanks to the south near Guysville.

Rural life is documented through the distribution of landmarks like the Mills School and Bethany Church, alongside numerous post offices including Calvary PO. The map preserves the geography of vanished or altered industrial hamlets like Utley and Armadale during a period when these southeastern Ohio hills were densely populated by small-scale farming and extractive industries before the widespread mechanization of the mid-century.